Striped field mouse

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carrier of Korean hemorrhagic fever

…and is carried by the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), a type of wood mouse that is prevalent in Asia and eastern Europe. A second HFRS disease, nephropathia epidemica, is usually not fatal. It is caused by the Puumala virus, which is carried by the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). Nephropathia…

classification of wood mouse

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